I've been to 4 Necronomicons - 2 in the nineties and the 2 recent ones that Niels and the Arts and Sciences have put on. I was quick enough to score a Gold pass this year.I'd be happy to try to answer any questions that my fellow Yogges have.

On vending. A tough call for me to comment on that other than the price of a regular sized table for the entire con is $250.00 I think and that's reasonable since in comes with two passes. The general public has to pay $5.00 to enter the vendor area and I feel it should be free and open to the public but that's just my 02. There are @ 75 vendors - everything from t shirts to sculpture to grave stone rubbings and hydrocasts of beautiful New England grave stones, to books and other art. Fabulous breadth and scope of businesses I will warrant.

The convention is very 'book' and author heavy - with this year having a distinct emphasis on new and current Mythos authors over last year which was admittedly HPL centric , what with his 125 yr anniversary and all.

Edited by Nick Storm, 29 January 2017 - 05:02 PM.

'Sure, as long as the machines are working and you can dial 911, But you take those things away, you throw people in the dark, you scare the shyte out of them, no more rules. You'll see how primitive they can get' .

the Omni is where the vendor hall is based and is attached to the huge retail mall and still in a great location for all around walking. The biltmore is the older historied building that the old man took a shine to and has about 80% of the panels inside to include gaming on top floor, the ball and of course, prayer breakfast.

'Sure, as long as the machines are working and you can dial 911, But you take those things away, you throw people in the dark, you scare the shyte out of them, no more rules. You'll see how primitive they can get' .

there is lots of mythos boardgame 'sign ups'. All the fantasy flight stuff as well as Sandy Petersen live and in the flesh. Chaosium is in the vendor area but again, if board and card mythos games are your thing, then you are in for a treat. No worries. There is also a bit of LARP stuff too I believe.

'Sure, as long as the machines are working and you can dial 911, But you take those things away, you throw people in the dark, you scare the shyte out of them, no more rules. You'll see how primitive they can get' .

The con is almost pure mythos and weird fiction. Not a lot of horror and almost zero fantasy. Same with the gaming. The con is a tremendously superb niche and is very specific. There will be some Robert E Howard and CAS, but again, they easily fall into the weird.

'Sure, as long as the machines are working and you can dial 911, But you take those things away, you throw people in the dark, you scare the shyte out of them, no more rules. You'll see how primitive they can get' .

the Omni is where the vendor hall is based and is attached to the huge retail mall and still in a great location for all around walking. The biltmore is the older historied building that the old man took a shine to and has about 80% of the panels inside to include gaming on top floor, the ball and of course, prayer breakfast.

I really wanted to stay in the Biltmore, but at least it looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in it. Panels are the things I enjoy most at conventions.

I'm looking forward to seeing a list of exactly who will be there this year, a schedule, etc.

'Sure, as long as the machines are working and you can dial 911, But you take those things away, you throw people in the dark, you scare the shyte out of them, no more rules. You'll see how primitive they can get' .